With the British Army in Flanders & France

World War II in Flanders Fields

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Magicfingers

Twenty nine months on, and at last I found myself back on the battlefields again. Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, World War II | 18 Comments

The Tin Nose Shop

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Magicfingers

American sculptor Anna Coleman Ladd adds the finishing touches to a face mask for an injured French soldier in her Paris ‘Studio for Portrait Masks’, most likely in 1918. Continue reading →

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Accompanied by a few photos of the flagpole and poppy memorial at the entrance to Randalls Park Crematorium in Leatherhead in Surrey, let’s take a look at the state of play of theBigNote as of April 2022. Continue reading →

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War-Neurasthenia: The Issue of Shell Shock – An Early Study

Posted on March 5, 2022 by Magicfingers

As is so often the case in times of conflict, the Great War saw rapid developments not only in technology and tactics but also in medical research, a plethora of medical papers being published encompassing just about every condition it was conceived that a soldier might encounter. Continue reading →

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The Propaganda of Conscription Down Under Part Two – The Referendum of 1917

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Magicfingers

Here we go again. Continue reading →

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The Propaganda of Conscription Down Under Part One – The Referendum of 1916

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Magicfingers

The issue of conscription was one that all the countries of the Commonwealth would have to deal with at some point during the Great War, and Australia was no different. Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Books, Documents, Maps & Artwork, Conscription, Postcards | 3 Comments